Billybob
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Post by Billybob on Jul 31, 2014 15:53:00 GMT
Hi, I have been advised to put my boy in a Waterford bit as he is leaning and running through his bit and is getting increasingly stronger, and my daughter is finding it harder to control him in the go round while showing, his teeth and back are fine, they have only just been checked,
Does anyone else use them? What are people's opinions of them?
thanks in advance :-) x
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Post by judyh on Jul 31, 2014 16:16:26 GMT
Made my daughter's horse.
All he would do was grab the bit and try to lean.
I schooled him - he was never in any artificial aids , either from the ground or ridden. I have trained under 3 Olympiic riders and schooled and broken all those I bred ( bought him as a newly broken 3 year old) .
His walk to canter was brilliant, but it was only when a friend said try a Waterford that he then became light in my hand and responsive. Until then he would always try to grap the bit.
Your daughter will need to have giving hands as it is a severe bit if not.
It worked for us, it is one with cheeks.
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Post by robrocks on Jul 31, 2014 16:22:19 GMT
I used one briefly to give him a nod in the right direction. He couldnt lean in it and then that Wasnt an option for him. the myler one which revolves also helped stop him lean but he was t so keen on it. Then it was all down to schooling. He and my fell are now in a loose ring snaffle.
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Billybob
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Post by Billybob on Jul 31, 2014 16:41:47 GMT
Thankyou for your replies, I will take what you both have said on board, it sounds like it would be the way forward for us :-) xx
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Post by sjw87 on Jul 31, 2014 18:56:02 GMT
I'm not the biggest fan of waterfords as I don't think you can ever get a truly consistent contact with them but I have a gelding who won't go in anything else! I tried one as I was at my wits end with him leaning despite my best efforts to school him out of it and low and behold, I've never looked back.
Sent from my GT-I9195 using proboards
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Post by judyh on Jul 31, 2014 19:06:05 GMT
That's exactly what happened to me !!!!!!!
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Post by sarahp on Jul 31, 2014 19:11:58 GMT
We've used it, on the advice of our trainer, on two horses for extra brakes when jumping. Neither would tolerate a curb chain of any sort, a snaffle version for one and a gag for the other. The WB was a very sensitive horse, and both of them went very well in them - only used when necessary, not every day. As said above - the hands are important.
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Post by dancer on Jul 31, 2014 22:03:22 GMT
We used one on a Fell who wore a jointed snaffle at home but leaned & was strong on the go round!
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Billybob
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Post by Billybob on Aug 1, 2014 7:13:41 GMT
Thanks everyone :-) xx
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Post by flo1 on Aug 1, 2014 17:36:04 GMT
My friend rode her sec C mare in a loose ring waterford. The mare seemed to prefer it to her usual snaffle.
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